Where Can You Find Dr Levines Exercise Program?

[hippychic258]

Where can you find his exercise program?

[futurehope]

You can't find it anywhere. He only shares it with people who are in his study. In my case, I was too old to officially be in his study, but he sent my cardiologist the program, who then shared it with me. You have to be under the care of a cardiologist or a physician who is willing to monitor you. Dr. Levine will share the program with them.

[hippychic258]

Is it hard?

[futurehope]

I found it very difficult, but I did it. I must be a masochist.

[Alan-pots-IST]

Futurehope, did it help? cure?

[HyperPOTS8]

For me, it helped a lot, but did not cure me.

[futurehope]

Well, if I compare my exercise ability from six months ago to now, it is obvious that I am capable of doing more exercise for longer intervals. Doing exercise allowed me to have more periods of orthostatic tolerance, meaning I was less dizzy and capable of sitting and standing for longer intervals than before training.

For me personally, I feel exhausted lately. Maybe I have been doing too much exercise for me? As time went on, if I wanted to increase my heartrate to the correct exercise zone, I had to increase my incline or go faster. IOW, my heart was getting more conditioned, so I needed to do more and more difficult stuff.

I do not think I have cured anything. My ability to sit/stand has improved. I cannot do the "normal" exercise I did when I was younger as I seem to tire more easily than I should. But........my heart is in much better shape. I wish I knew the cause of my fatigue. I mean, how much exercise can I tolerate in order to now get my heartrate up to the zone (?)......not enough, is the answer. I can only tolerate so much. There is a limit to my body's ability and that's a fact. Maybe it's my MCAS causing this? Maybe I have an autoimmune thing going on? Though nothing shows up on tests. Wish I knew. So, I'm doing my best.

Now that six months have passed, it will be a challenge for me to maintain what I have worked so hard to achieve. I am not sure exactly how much exercise I should do each week or how challenging it should be, and the time I should spend doing it. I'll see.

Meanwhile, I had gotten myself in the routine of getting up from 4:00 - 4:30 AM in order to hit the gym before the summer heat. Now that the temperatures are coming down, I am finding it difficult to sleep in even though I do not need to get up so early. So, off I went at 5:30 AM again, though I'll probably exercise, come back home and go back to sleep. Crazy.